The Czech Women’s Lobby invites you to a round table on:
"Migrant Women in the Czech Republic – Are They a Burden or an Asset?"
The round table is organised by the European Contact Group in frame of the project Promoting Gender Equality in the Period of the Czech EU Presidency.

What does the Czech Republic offer to migrant women and what do they offer to the Czech Republic?
What is their asset?
Is it an important target group for the Czech politicians?
Do migrant women face multiple discrimination?
Will the antidiscrimination law help to solve the worst cases of discrimination?
 

The average gender pay gap in Europe is 17 %, women are largely underrepresented at decision-making levels in EU institutions, violence against women is persistent throughout Europe, and women’s right to abortion is being denied or restricted in several EU countries. These are some of the reasons why women’s movements remain mobilized throughout Europe.

[Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 4 Feb. 2009] In an effort to better understand current trends in women’s migration and their impact on policy, the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW) released the results of two Virtual Dialogues held in September and November 2008.
The two Dialogues brought together experts from around the globe to examine migration and development from a gender perspective.

by Andrea Krchová and Hana Víznerová

The following article is a summary of selected findings and recommendations derived from a qualitative survey which were released in a publication titled “ Discrimination against Refugees in the Czech Republic from a Gender Perspective ”. The publication is an output of an eponymous research project conducted by European Contact Group in the Czech Republic from July 2007 to June 2008.

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Article 1
1. In this Convention, the term “racial discrimination” shall mean any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life.

21 March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
To learn more about your rights please visit: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cerd.htm

International women’s networks are today launching a campaign to free women human rights defenders in Burma, highlighting activists detained during the recent crackdown.

Beginning on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, women’s networks will be calling for the release of all detainees by December 10. Out of those arrested during last September’s violent crackdown on peaceful protests led by monks, 106 women remain in detention, including six nuns.

The Women’s League of Burma will launch the campaign in Bangkok with the release of a report “Courage to Resist ” detailing how women activists have been hunted down, assaulted, tortured and framed with false charges, and their family members threatened and held hostage.